Hacker News with Generative AI: Online Services

EU Piracy Watchlist Adds IPFS, FitGirl and Njalla (torrentfreak.com)
The European Commission has published the fourth edition of its 'Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List', providing a detailed overview of piracy-linked sites and services located outside the EU.

Piracy, Copyright, Law, EU, Online Services

3 points by hn_acker 42 minutes ago | 0 comments

BuyMeACoffee silently dropped support for many countries (2024) (zverok.space)
Silent changes in payment methods on big creator funding platforms raise some unpleasant questions.

Payment Platforms, Business, Online Services, Creator Economy

343 points by beeburrt 7 days ago | 318 comments

Overleaf is down - people missing deadlines! (ycombinator.com)
Overleaf is down. https://status.overleaf.com/

Downtime, Software, Online Services, Collaboration

7 points by graemep 9 days ago | 2 comments

Payment processors shouldn't be able to charge through an expired card (ycombinator.com)
My web hosting service renewed my subscription by charging my bank account through an expired debit card. Why do banks give payment processors such power? It’s ridiculous!

Finance, Payment Processing, Consumer Rights, Online Services

17 points by Lopsii 24 days ago | 19 comments

1Password Service Is Unavailable (1password.com)
We are currently investigating a service disruption affecting our the 1Password web interface. Our engineering team is actively working to identify and resolve the issue.

Service Disruptions, Cybersecurity, Online Services

5 points by gpi 31 days ago | 0 comments

When the World Connected on Skype (restofworld.org)
Skype, the online video-calling service, is shutting down in May after more than two decades of service. For those of a certain generation, Skype changed everything.

Skype, Communication, Online Services, Social Media

12 points by donohoe 31 days ago | 0 comments

Zoom Is Down (zoom.com)

Technology, Software, Online Services, Downtime

8 points by typeofhuman 37 days ago | 2 comments

Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 (bsky.app)

Wikipedia, Costs, Bandwidth, Online Services

49 points by vinnyglennon 51 days ago | 45 comments

Another Conflict Between Privacy Laws and Age Authentication–Murphy v Confirm ID (ericgoldman.org)
This opinion is a routine ruling over TOS formation and whether disputes must go to arbitration. However, before I dig into that question, I need to note the case’s chilling implications.

Privacy Laws, Legal Cases, Arbitration, Online Services

117 points by hn_acker 84 days ago | 102 comments

Sega Channel (wikipedia.org)
The Sega Channel was an online game service developed by Sega for the Sega Genesis video game console, serving as a content delivery system.

Video Games, Online Services, Sega

7 points by RyanShook 98 days ago | 1 comments

Have I Been Pwned likely to ban resellers from buying subs (theregister.com)
Troy Hunt, proprietor of data breach lookup site Have I Been Pwned, is likely to ban resellers from the service.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Privacy, Online Services

8 points by defrost 99 days ago | 1 comments

Iwantmydomain.com randomly refunded all of my domains and locked me out (ycombinator.com)
This is a heads up to stay away from this shady company. Yesterday evening I saw a bunch of refund emails come through for every domain I hold with them. I tried to login to my account to see what was going on and I was locked out!

Domain Registrars, Customer Service, Security, Online Services

45 points by mdatelle 147 days ago | 17 comments

Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down? (ycombinator.com)
Looks like Azure is experiencing a major outage, but I cannot find anything about it. If you look at downdetector.com you'll notice reported outages from OpenAI, Microsoft 365, XBox Live, Walmart, the list goes on.

Technology, Online Services, Downtime, ChatGPT, Azure

146 points by franze 148 days ago | 141 comments

Skype Credit is no longer available (skype.com)

Skype, Telecommunications, Online Services

28 points by tlyleung 165 days ago | 71 comments

Tell HN: Tonic (.to registrar) took away my domain without notice (ycombinator.com)
Earlier this year I acquired a small software project named pxl.to

Domain Names, Online Services, Legal Issues, Software

8 points by bkfh 169 days ago | 5 comments

NeedTags site leads California drivers to believe it's DMV, adds surprise fees (abc7.com)
Consumers trying to renew their car registrations say they were tricked to use third-party website that added "junk fees" on top of DMV fees.

Consumer Protection, California DMV, Online Services, Fees, Misinformation

10 points by rntn 189 days ago | 0 comments

JSON Formatter (Free, no ads, no signups) (hqjson.com)
Our JSON formatter is a free online tool that helps you format and validate JSON data.

JSON, Web Development, Tools, Online Services

14 points by triviatroy 189 days ago | 15 comments

Cock.li Is on Red Alert (cock.li)

Security, Online Services

86 points by cockblock 191 days ago | 42 comments

Ask HN: Elderly Friendly Photo Printing Sites? (ycombinator.com)
Hey, just a shot in the dark, but does anyone know of any good photo product sites, like Shutterfly, that have user interfaces that are elderly friendly?

User Experience, Photography, Seniors, Online Services

13 points by jerrac 202 days ago | 7 comments

Ask HN: Namecheap charged my card, didn't deliver, then upped the price (ycombinator.com)
Buyer beware if you're looking to purchase a domain on Namecheap.

Domain Names, Customer Service, Online Services

91 points by paige_d 210 days ago | 35 comments

The Internet Archive is back online (arstechnica.com)
The Internet Archive has brought its Wayback Machine back online "in a provisional, read-only manner" as it continues to recover from attacks that took the site down last week, founder Brewster Kahle said in a post last night.

Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, Cyberattacks, Online Services

340 points by Wingy 219 days ago | 95 comments

Tell HN: The Wayback Machine is up, in read-only mode (ycombinator.com)
The https://web.archive.org/ service is up again in "(provisional, read-only) service".

Web Archives, Internet, Technology, Online Services

89 points by jfil 219 days ago | 22 comments

Internet Archive data is safe, still bringing services back up (twitter.com)

Internet Archive, Data Security, Technology, Online Services

20 points by odo1242 224 days ago | 1 comments

I won't be renewing my Pinboard subscription (kateva.org)
In the years following the Great Recession, from 2010 to 2013, many web services went offline. In retrospect that was the end of the Berners-Lee web.

Web Services, Online Services, Subscriptions, Web History

192 points by leotravis10 252 days ago | 95 comments

Indeed.com removed ability to sort jobs by date and to see when jobs were posted (reddit.com)

Job Search, User Interface, Online Services, Reddit

8 points by Baljhin 283 days ago | 4 comments

Wheel of Lunch: Killed by Yelp after 15 years (wheelof.com)

Business, Food, Reviews, Online Services

52 points by fragmede 293 days ago | 2 comments

PSA: Internet Archive "glitch" deletes years of user data and accounts (gingerbeardman.com)

Internet Archive, Data Loss, User Accounts, Online Services, Glitches

110 points by reaperducer 295 days ago | 32 comments

Ask HN: ChatGPT Plus now showing captchas constantly? (ycombinator.com)